Improvement in curtain-tassels



H. n. oseoon. CURTAIN-TASSELS.

No 182 696 Patented Sept. 26, 11876.

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By hi NPETERS. PHOTDLITNOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. I) C.

UNITED STATES PATENT .OF rcE.

HERMAN D. OSGOOD, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HISRIGHT TO JAMES M. OSGOOD, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT I N CURTAlN-TASSELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 182,696, datedSeptember 26, 1876; application filed July 3, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN D. OseooD,"

of Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and valuable Improvements in Curtain- Tassels;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to tassels to be used in connection with curtainsor other articles with which tassels are used, and is designed to be anornamental tassel, the outside of Which can be removed when faded orworn, and new velvet or other cloth put in its place without in any wayinjuring the construction of the tassel.

In the accompanying illustration, Figure 1 is a view of my improvedtassel. Fig. 2 is longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is atransverse section upon the line a: x.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre' sponding parts;

a represents the head of the tassel, attached to the sleeve 1) by meansof the pin a. c is a bolt, screwing into the sleeve 1), and provided atits lower end with the double hook or catch d. e is the body of thetassel, and may be made solid, as shown in the drawing, or hollow,

so as to be' weighted; or it may be made in sections or rings, asdesired. Stretched upon the body of the tassel e is an ornamental pieceof velvet, plush, or other fabric, f. This form 0, provided with thecoveringf, is set into an ornamental bowl, g, usually silver or goldplated. This bowl g has, extending upward from it, two or more straps orcords, h, which catch over the hook d, at each end of the same. Placedover the upper portion of the tassel, to hide the bolt, hook, 860., isthe bell-shaped piece k.

The bowl 9 and bell k may be of metal or Wood, and. ornamented in anymanner, and the straps h may be of ornamented metal or cord, or othersubstance, and will be recessed into the form a, as seen in the drawing.

When the covering f needs changing, the sleeve b is unscrewed from thebolt 0, the bell 7c is removed, and the straps h unhooked from the catch01, and the form may be recovered. The newly-covered form is then setinto the bowl g, the straps h hooked upon the catch d, the bell isplaced in position, and the sleeve I) screwed upon the bolt 0, and thetassel is complete.

A variation of the invention would be to dispense with the straps h, andprovide a rod which would extend from the bowl g, and attach to the bolt0, as illustratedtby the broken lines in Fig. 2.

Having thus'fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the head a, and sleeve b, the bolt 0, providedwith the double hook d, and the straps h, substantially as and for thepurpose herein set forth.

2. In combination with the form 6, made solid or hollow, and in one ormore pieces, the bowl 9, straps h, and bell It, all substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the form 6, made solid or hollow, and in one ormore pieces, the bowl 9, and the bell is, the said form, bowl,

and bell being arranged in the position above described, for the purposehereinbefore set forth.

' HERMAN 1). OSGOOD.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, R. A. GEORGE.

